last week he talked to the president of egypt, he talked to the leader in libya. we don't need a meeting in washington just to confer with leaders. >> greta: looks like the president's already having a bad week, and it's only monday. jake tapper joins us. >> good evening, greta. >> greta: how does the white house respond to the question of why secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with the president of afghanistan and the president of libya and president obama is not, and the president is not meeting with prime minister netanyahu? >> well, their basic answer when asked about this -- we've been asking about it for quite some time -- is the one that you just heard jay carney explain, the idea that the schedules do not align, president obama's in new york monday/tuesday, then going back. prime minister netanyahu will be in new york later in the week. it is true last year when president obama was here for the u.n. general assembly he had at least a dozen meetings with world leaders, and having covered president obama since he took office this is an anomaly, th